2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League

LEN Women's Champions League
2024–25
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Dates	Qualification round:; 3–6 October 2024; Main Round:; 26 October 2024 – 1 March 2025; Quarterfinals:; 22–29 March 2025; Final four:; 2–3 May 2025
Teams	Competition proper: 16; Total: 30 (from 8 countries)
Website	Official website
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The 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League is the 37th edition of the water polo competition organised by European Aquatics. The defending champions are Astralpool Sabadell.

Format

After one qualification round (instead of two), sixteen teams will qualify for the main round. The groups in the main round are held in a home and away format. After the main round, the four groups winners and runners-up will qualify for the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, eight teams play in four play offs in a home and away format to advance to the final four and compete in the final four to decide the winners of the LEN Women's Champions League.^[1]

Rankings

Countries inside the top 6 of the European Aquatics women's club rankings are eligible to enter 6 clubs into the Champions League, up from 5 which was the limit last season.^[1] While countries outside the top 6 can enter their league champion into either the Champions League or Challenger Cup.

Rank^[2]	Association	Points	Teams
1	Spain	124,200	6
2	Greece	105,102.5
3	Hungary	89,452.5
4	Italy	76,760	5
5	France	35,147.5	2
6	Netherlands	13,785	3
7	Russia	9,217.5	0
8	Germany	8,290	1
9	Portugal	6,010	0
10	Malta	4,090	0

Rank	Association	Points	Teams
11	Croatia	2,930	0
12	Serbia	2,860
13	Turkey	2,560
14	Slovakia	1,715
15	Great Britain	1,330
16	Israel	1,250	1
17	Sweden	1,060	0
18	Bulgaria	770
19	Czech Republic	770

Teams

European Aquatics increased the amount of clubs a country can enter, from 5 to 6. German representative, Spandau 04 and Israeli team, Hapoel Yoneam were the only clubs outside the top 6 who decided to enter, starting in the qualifiers. All other clubs and countries below the top six entered the 2024–25 LEN Women's Challenger Cup. Tenerife Echeyde took the place of CE Mediterrani who didn't enter.

Main round
Olympiacos Piraeus (1st)	UVSE Budapest (1st)	Ekipe Orizzonte (1st)	CN Mataró (1st)
Astralpool Sabadell ^CL (3rd)

Qualification round
Lille UC (1st)	Grand Nancy AC (3rd)	Spandau 04 (1st)	NO Vouliagmeni (2hd)
Alimos NAC Betsson (3rd)	Ethnikos Piraeus (4th)	ANC Glyfada (5th)	Panionios GSS (6th)
FTC Telekom (2nd)	Digi Eger (3rd)	Dunaújváros (4th)	BVSC-Zugló (5th)
III. Keruleti TVE (6th)	Hapoel Yoneam (1st)	Antenore Plebiscito Padova (2nd)	SIS Roma (3rd)
Rapallo Pallanuoto (4th)	Pallanuoto Trieste (5th)	ZV De Zaan (1st)	Widex GZC Donk (2nd)
Polar Bears (3rd)	CN Sant Andreu (2nd)	CN Terrassa (4rd)	EPlus CN Catalunya (6th)
Tenerife Echeyde (7th)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase	Round	Round date^[3]
Qualification round		3–6 October 2024
Main round	Matchday 1	26 October 2024
	Matchday 2	9 November 2024
	Matchday 3	23 November 2024
	Matchday 4	25 January 2025
	Matchday 5	15 February 2025
	Matchday 6	1 March 2025
Quarterfinals	First leg	22 March 2025
Quarterfinals	Second leg	29 March 2025
Final four	Semifinals	2 May 2025
Final four	Final	3 May 2025

Qualification round

In the qualification round, teams play in a round robin format. The top 2 in every group makes the main round alongside the best third place team. The teams who don't advance drop down to the 2024–25 LEN Women's Euro Cup.^[4]

Draw

The draw was on 13 August 2024 in Zagreb. The seeding was decided by the club rankings.^[5] H indicates which club is hosting the groups. Teams in bold indicate who advanced.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Dunaújváros Antenore Plebiscito Padova (H) NO Vouliagmeni SIS Roma FTC Telekom	CN Terrassa Ethnikos Piraeus ANC Glyfada CN Sant Andreu Lille UC	Digi Eger (H) Alimos NAC Betsson ZV De Zaan BVSC-Zugló Spandau 04 (H)	Pallanuoto Trieste Grand Nancy AC EPlus CN Catalunya Tenerife Echeyde Panionios GSS (H)	III. Keruleti TVE Rapallo Pallanuoto Polar Bears (H) Widex GZC Donk Hapoel Yoneam

Group A

3–6 October 2024, Athens, Greece.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FTC	SAN	ZAAN	PAN	RAP
1	FTC Telekom	4	4	0	48	33	+15	12	Main round	—	9–8	17–8	—	—
2	CN Sant Andreu	4	3	1	51	33	+18	9	Main round	—	—	—	16–7	15–10
3	ZV De Zaan	4	2	2	45	46	−1	6	Euro Cup	—	7–12	—	—	16–10
4	Panionios GSS (H)	4	1	3	38	54	−16	3		6–10	—	7–14	—	—
5	Rapallo Pallanuoto	4	0	4	45	61	−16	0		11–12	—	—	14–18	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group B

3–6 October 2024, Ede, Netherlands.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	POL	ZUG	DUN	LIL	NAN
1	Polar Bears (H)	4	3	1	67	50	+17	9^[a]	Main round	—	21–12	10–14	19–12	17–12
2	BVSC-Zugló	4	3	1	62	51	+11	9^[a]		—	—	11–10	17–13	22–7
3	Dunaújváros	4	3	1	58	37	+21	9^[a]		—	—	—	—	—
4	Lille UC	4	1	3	54	63	−9	3	Euro Cup	—	—	10–16	—	19–11
5	Grand Nancy AC	4	0	4	36	76	−40	0	Euro Cup	—	—	6–18	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head goal difference: Polar Bears +8, Dunaújváros +3, BVSC-Zugló –8. Despite the goal difference, BVSC-Zugló is ranked ahead of Dunaújváros due to the match between them.

Group C

3–6 October 2024, Padova, Italy.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ALI	PAD	TEN	ETH	HAP
1	Alimos NAC Betsson	4	4	0	71	38	+33	12	Main round	—	—	—	16–10	18–9
2	Antenore Plebiscito Padova (H)	4	3	1	55	47	+8	9	Main round	10–17	—	13–11	13–8	19–11
3	Tenerife Echeyde	4	2	2	44	52	−8	6	Euro Cup	9–20	—	—	—	—
4	Ethnikos Piraeus	4	1	3	43	57	−14	3		—	—	9–11	—	16–15
5	Hapoel Yoneam	4	0	4	45	64	−19	0		—	—	10–11	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Group D

3–6 October 2024, Eger, Hungary.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TER	ROM	TRI	EGER	KER
1	CN Terrassa	4	4	0	0	0	66	46	+20	12	Main round	—	14–13	15–9	—	—
2	SIS Roma	4	3	0	0	1	57	45	+12	9	Main round	—	—	—	—	—
3	Pallanuoto Trieste	4	1	1	0	2	51	56	−5	5	Euro Cup	—	9–11	—	—	14–13
4	Digi Eger (H)	4	1	0	1	2	52	63	−11	4		10–19	12–15	17–19^[a]	—	13–10
5	III. Keruleti TVE	4	0	0	0	4	47	63	−16	0		14–18	10–18	—	—	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

^ Match ended 14–14, Pallanuoto Trieste won 5–3 on penalties

Group E

3–6 October 2024, Berlin, Germany.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VOU	DON	GLY	CAT	SPA
1	NO Vouliagmeni	4	4	0	65	35	+30	12	Main round	—	—	15–11	17–5	—
2	Widex GZC Donk	4	3	1	62	36	+26	9	Main round	12–15	—	19–11	14–4	—
3	ANC Glyfada	4	2	2	49	55	−6	6	Euro Cup	—	—	—	—	—
4	EPlus CN Catalunya	4	1	3	32	55	−23	3		—	—	11–13	—	—
5	Spandau 04 (H)	4	0	4	34	61	−27	0		7–18	6–17	10–14	11–12	—

Source: European Aquatics
(H) Host

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Dunaújváros	4	3	0	1	58	37	+21	9	Main round
2	A	ZV De Zaan	4	2	0	2	45	46	−1	6
3	E	ANC Glyfada	4	2	0	2	49	55	−6	6
4	C	Tenerife Echeyde	4	2	0	2	44	52	−8	6
5	D	Pallanuoto Trieste	4	1	1	2	51	56	−5	5

Source: European Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Main round

Catalonia

Budapest

Athens

Athens teams

Alimos NAC Betsson
Vouliagmeni

Olympiacos Piraeus
Budapest teams

Location of teams of the 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A;

Blue: Group B;

Yellow: Group C;

Green: Group D.

The draw took place on 7 October 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia.^[6] The top two advance to the Quarterfinals.

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 2 points for a penalty shootout win, 1 point for a penalty shootout loss, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches.

Five countries are being represented, with only one difference, France being replaced by Netherlands. Hungary and Spain boast the most clubs with four.

Barcelona

Location of Catalonia teams of the 2024–25 LEN Women's Champions League Main Round.
Red: Group A;

Blue: Group B;

Yellow: Group C;

Green: Group D.